HOWARD ANNEX

 

Rebecca Corlee (Howard) Biles Pedigree

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Last Change: 16 July 2022

 

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Origin of the surname “Howard:”

 

 

Generation

 

6  

 

5   Elisha Howard  

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born.  Died .

 

2. Wife: Susie Davis

 

Born.  Died .

 

3. Children: (perhaps others)

 

a. Daniel Perry Howard: See generation 4, below.

 

4   Daniel Perry Howard 

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 14 June 1823 in New York.  Died 13 February 1910 in Clay County, Minnesota

 

1870 US Census: Daniel Howard, age 47 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Colona Township (Colona Post Office), Henry County, Illinois.  His real estate was valued at $3,000, and his personal property was valued at $450.  The household also included his daughter, Minnie Howard, age 12 (b. IL); son, Frank Howard, age 10 (b. IL); and son, Guy Howard, age 8 (b. (IL).

 

1880 US Census: Daniel P. Howard, age 56 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a merchant, was heading a household in Colona Township, Henry County, Illinois.  The household also included his wife, Melisse Howard, age 37 (b. OH; father b. Ireland; mother b. PA); son, Henry C. Howard, age 5 (b. IL); son, Harvey Howard, age 4 (b. IL); and son, "Bub" Howard, age 1 (b. IL).

 

1895 MN Census: D. P.  Howard, age 72 (b. NYS), resided in the household headed by his son, G. Howard, age 31 (b. IL) and employed as a railroad brakeman, in the City of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  He had resided in Minnesota for 13 years and in that enumeration district for 13 years.  His son had resided in Minnesota for 15 years.

 

1900 US Census: Daniel P. Howard, age 77 (b. Jun 1823 in NYS; parents b. VT) and widowed, with no record of employment, resided in the household headed by his son, Guy Howard, age 27 (b. NYS) in the City of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  Of interest, the household headed by Daniel's son, Harvey Howard, age 24, was enumerated after him on the same census page.

 

1905 MN Census: D. P. Howard, age 82 (b. NYS; parents b. VT) and employed as a farmer, resided with his son, Guy Howard, age 43 (b. IL) and Guy's family, at Barnesville, Humboldt Township, Clay County, Minnesota.  He had been a resident of Minnesota for 24 years, and of census enumeration district 11 for 12 years.  His son, Guy had resided in Census District 11 for 20 years.

 

2. Wife #1: Lucretia Mary Wells

 

a. Biographical notes:

 

Born 23 October 1834 at Massena, St. Lawrence County, New York; daughter of Elihu N. (b. 7 Sep 1794 in VT, d. 28 Sep 1836 in Henry Co., IL) and Phoebe (Hoisington) Wells (b. 22 Jun 1796 in VT, d. 8 Aug 1882 in Henry Co., IL).  Died 5/9 March 1865 at Geneseo, Henry County, Illinois; interred Dayton Cemetery, Colona, Henry County, Illinois.  Married Daniel P. Howard on 14 August 1853 (license issued 10 Aug 1953) in Henry County, Illinois.

 

b. Children:

 

(1. Minnie Howard: Born about 1858 in Illinois.  Died 1937.  Married Charles Orville Gregory (b. 1852) on 27 August 1877 in Rock Island County, Illinois.

 

(2. Frank K. Howard: Born about 1859 in Illinois.  Died 1949.  Married Olive Branch Wood on 22 November 1888 in Clay County, Minnesota.

 

(3. Draun Howard: (male) Born about 1860 in Illinois.  Died as an infant.

 

(4. Guy Howard: Born about 1863 in Illinois.  Died 1941.  Married Cora Ellen Wood (b. 1868, d. 1943) on 14 November 1885 in Clay County, Minnesota.

 

3. Wife #2: Melissa Walsh

 

a. Biographical notes:

 

Born 1843; daughter of Daniel and Mathilda Berryhill (Dunlap) Walsh.  Died 1904.  Married Daniel Howard on 4 September 1873 in Rock Island County, Illinois.

 

b. Children:

 

(1. Henry C. Howard: Born 1874.  Died 1937.

 

(2. Harvey Howard: See generation 3, below.

 

(3. Ora Howard: Born 1879.

 

(4. Claude "Bub" Howard: Born 1879.

 

(5. Clyde Paul Howard: Born 1881.  Died 1894.

 

3   Harvey Howard

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born September 1875 in New York; daughter of George W. and Lydia M. (Baker) Wood.  Died 3 June 1926 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.

 

1900 US Census: Harvey Howard, age 24 (b. Sep 1875 in NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a baggage man, was heading a household in the City of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  The household also included his wife of 1 year, Maud Howard, age 23 (b. May 1877 in IN; father b. OH; mother b. NYS), who had had no children.  Of interest, the household headed by his brother, Guy Howard, age 37, was enumerated before him on the same census page.

 

1910 US Census: Harvey Howard, age 35 (b. IL; father b. NYS; mother b. IL) and employed as a salesman in the confectionary industry, was heading a household on Madison Avenue in the City of Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  He had been married once.  The household also included his wife of 12 years, Maude P. Howard, age 33 (b. MN; father b. OH; mother b. MN), who had had 4 children, all still alive; son, Floyd W. Howard, age 9 (b. MN); daughter, Zella M. Howard, age 5 (b. MN); daughter, Ethlyn G. Howard, age 2 (b. MN); son, baby Howard, age 0 months (b. MN); and servant, Rose Holst, age 23 (b. MN; parents b. Norway) and single.

 

1920 US Census: Harvey Howard, age 44 (b. NYS; parents b. IL) and employed as a railroad laborer, was heading a household on Broadway in the City of Barnesville, Humboldt Township, Clay County, Minnesota.  The household also included his wife, Maud Howard, age 42 (b. IN; father b. OH; mother b. MN) and employed as a clerk in a store; son, Floyd W. Howard, age 19 (b. MN), single, and not employed; daughter, Zella M. Howard, age 15 (b. MN); daughter, Ethelyn Howard, age 12 (b. MN); and son, Donald E. Howard, age 9 (b. MN).

 

2. Wife: Maude Pearl Wood

 

Born 14 May 1877 in Clay Townshiop, Cass County, Indiana; daughter of George W. and Lydia M. (Baker) Wood.  Died 6 March 1965 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

 

3. Children:

 

a. Floyd Wood Howard: See generation 2, below.

 

b. Zella May Howard: Born 24 August 1904 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  Died 3 June 1975 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.  Married Frank Edwin Ferris (b. 19 Jan 1905 in Crow Wing Co., MN, d. 10 Jun 1991 in Anoka Co., MN) on 19 June 1931 in Hennepin County, Minnesota.

 

c. Ethelyn Grace Howard: Born 8 June 1907 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  Died May 1977 at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.  Married Dwight Neill Johnson (b. 12 Sep 1903 in Lyons Twp, Lyon Co., MN, d. 18 Feb 1944 in Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., MN) on 19 April 1936 in Lyon County, Minnesota.

 

d. Donald Everett Howard: Born 15 April 1910 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  Died September 1974 at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.

 

2   Floyd Wood Howard

 

1. Biographical notes:

 

Born 9 July 1900 at Barnesville, Clay County, Minnesota.  Died June 1974 at Vancouver, Clark County, Washington.

 

1930 US Census: Floyd W. Howard, age 29 (b. MN; father b. WI; mother b. MN) and employed as a trucker for the railway, was heading a household at 1225 Fourth Street in the City of Havre, Hill County, Montana.  He married 1st at age 25.  The household also included his wife, Dora Howard, age 28 (b. MN; parents b. MN), who married 1st at age 23; son, Floyd Howard, age 4 years and 7 months (b. IL); and daughter, Rebecca Howard, age 3 years and 3 months (b. MN).

 

1940 US Census: Floyd W. Howard, age 40 (b. MN) and employed as an inventory supervisor for the State, was heading a household at 2386 Gregson Street in the City of Salem, Marion County, Oregon.  He had completed 2 years of high school, and his residence was valued at $2,200.  The household also included his wife, Dora A. Howard, age 38 (b. MN), who had completed 2 years of high school; son, Floyd W. Howard, age 14 (b. IL); daughter, Rebecca C. Howard, age 13 (b. MN); daughter, Donna L. Howard, age 9 (b. MT); son, Donald C. Howard, age 7 (b. OR); son, Robert E. Howard, age 3 (b. OR); and brother, Donald E. Howard, age 30 (b. MN) and employed as a clerk for a school survey project, who had completed 2 years of high school.  On 1 April 1935 Floyd and his family resided in the same house; his brother, Donald resided in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

 

2. Wife: Theadora Amanda Hafstad

"Dora"

 

Born about 1902 in Minnesota; daughter of Andreas Marius and Jorgine Otilie (Tovsdatter) Hafstad.  Died .

 

3. Children:

 

a. Floyd Wood Howard, Jr.: Born 8 August 1925 in Illinois.  Died 23 February 1945.

 

b. Rebecca Corlee Howard: See generation 1, below.

 

c. Donna Lynette Howard: Born 10 August 1929 in the City of Havre, Hill County, Montana.  Died 18 June 2007.

 

d. Donald Charles Howard: Born 1933 in Oregon.  Died December 2019 in Lane County, Oregon.

 

e. Robert Eugene Howard: Born 25 August 1936 in Oregon.  Died 21 February 2015.

 

1   Rebecca Corlee Howard: (also seen: Corley)

 

Born 16 January 1928 in Minnesota.  Died 16 December 2021 in Dallas Township, Polk County, Oregon.  Married Harold Wilson Biles, descendant # 4.2 of generation 11 of the Descendants of John Addison Biles.

 

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